Street Fighter x Tekken PS Vita release date announced

Capcom has announced that the PlayStation Vita version of Street Fighter x Tekken will be released in Europe on October 19.

It'll show up in North America on October 23, and arrives in Japan on October 25.

The crossover brawler features 55 characters, including the console version’s original 38 combatants, five PS3 fighters and 12 new playable characters.

The new fighters will be delivered via a free download and include the following: Blanka, Cody, Dudley, Elena, Guy and Sakura from Street Fighter, and Alisa, Bryan, Christie, Jack-X, Lars and Lei from Tekken.

As previously confirmed, the PS Vita version will pack cross-platform play with its PS3 counterpart, plus a boatload of other exclusive content, as detailed below:

-Augmented Reality: Pose and take pictures of your favourite characters, and then place them in real life photos.
-Front and Rear Touch Panels: Create the size and positioning of extra buttons on the front and rear touch panels, and customise these with different moves. Also, menus now work with the touch screen.
-Near: Customise the costumes of your characters, and share them with other Vita owners that pass by. Collect other players’ custom costumes.
-KO Monument: Collect trophies from the players you beat and build the ultimate KO monument.